The stressed mother donkey she brayed to her foal <br />The poor creature was stuck in a muddy hole <br />But the more that she struggled the more she got stuck <br />And she needed help and a good deal of luck. <br /> <br />A truck driver and his offsider were passing on the roadway <br />They see the bogged foal the driver to his mate did say <br />That poor little donkey our help surely need <br />We have our chance here for to do a good deed. <br /> <br />They stopped and from the truck cabin brought with them a rope <br />And walked down through the paddock that had a slight slope <br />To the muddy hole where the foal struggled in vain <br />Without help he'd die there a slow death of pain. <br /> <br />Around the foal's neck in the form of a lasso <br />The blue nylon rope the young truck driver threw <br />And he and his offsider dragged the donkey foal out <br />And safe on dry ground from exhaustion she tottered about. <br /> <br />The uninjured young one she made a quick revcovery <br />And the mother was happy to see her foal free <br />Of the muddy hole as the men walked to the roadway <br />Quite satisfied at their good deed of the day.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/their-good-deed-of-the-day/
